Vinderup is a

railway town A railway town, or railroad town, is a settlement that originated, or was expanded, as a result of a railway line being constructed there. North America During the construction of the First transcontinental railroad in the 1860s, temporary, ...

in Northwestern

Jutland Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...

Holstebro Municipality Holstebro Municipality () is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 59,201 (1. January 2025). Its mayor is H. C. Østerby ...

, Denmark at the railway between Struer and Skive. Vinderup has a population of 3,055 (1 January 2025)BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density
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and was the main town of the abolished

Vinderup Municipality Vinderup Municipality is a former municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The former Vinderup municipality covered an area of 224 km2, and had a total population of 8,035 (2005). It ...

Transportation

Vinderup is located at the Langå–Struer railway line and is served by Vinderup railway station.

Notable people

* The Rosenkrantz noble family has a line called the ''Rydhave'' line (Line VII) relating to ''Rydhave'' near Vinderup in Jutland * Laust Jevsen Moltesen (1865–1950) a Danish educated church historian; in 1909 he was elected in Vinderup to the Danish

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and was Foreign Minister of Denmark from 1926 to 1929.

References

Cities and towns in the Central Denmark Region Holstebro Municipality {{CentralDK-stub